Machine for peeling vegetables.



0 9 1 A E N U u D E APPLICATION PILEBL SEPT. 30,1906.

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H. ROBINSON. MACHINE FOR FEELING VEGETABLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.30. 1905.

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H. ROBINSON. MACHINE FOR FEELING VEGETABLES.

APPLIOATIOH FILED SEPT. 30. 1905.

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j 35x3 ar-route ment of gears is adopted where the slow movement of the hand is to be converted into the swift movement necessary in operatin the disk 9'.

n Fig. 2 is shown a preferred form for use with electric power. Here the high velocity of the electric motor 16 must be somewhat lessened in transmission to the disk 9, and for this purpose, a small driving pinion 17 on the armature shaft propels a larger gear wheel 18 which is fixed on the same shaft with the pinion 14. Said shaft is carried in a proper socket 19 fastened under the bowl 5. The motor 16 is supported upon a horizontal iron or steel framing 20 which is bolted with in the three legs 21 which support the bowl and container. The means for attaching these legs under the bowl are best shown in Fig. 8. Each leg '21 is beveled at the top, as shown at 22, and a similarly beveled socket 23 is provided for each leg at proper intervals underneath the bowl 5. A boss 24 above each socket 2 3 admits a fastening bolt for each leg. The object of this construction is to obviate the necessity for machine work in fitting the legs in place. By providing a beveled socket toreceive a similarly beveled leg top, inequalities and irregularities become immaterial and a fit is secured by simply drawing the leg up to itsplaee by tension on the fastening bolt.

.One of the principal objects of this invention is the provision of an apparatus suitable for use in crowded places wherespace is valuable. In these localities it is important to provide means for preventing accidental contact with the gear wheels, and these means are also useful in protecting the gears from falling water or vegetables. ,As shown in Figs. 2, 9 and 10 these means take the form of a two-part casing supported conveniently by a single bolt on the hanger 19. (See Fig. 2.) One part of the casing is dish-shaped as at 25, and surrounds/the gears 17 and 18 peripherally and on their outer faces. This part supplied with two lugs 26 whereby the whole is supported, said lugs 26 being bolted to the lugs 27 on the ends of the sec0nd-part 28 of the casing. This second part is a simple fiat plate, curved in its own plane as at 29 to fit over the hanger 19 where it is bolted in place thus securing the entire casing.

In the form of machine shown. in Fig. 1 the gear case is unnecessary as the gears are both ocated beneath the bowl and container. This is also true of the modification shown in Fig. 6, wherein the gear 1 1 is turned by a pulley 3O driven by appropriate beltin lhe pulley 31 is loose and carries the be t when the machine is idle.

As before stated, the saving of room is oneimportant object of this invehtion. For'this purpose the diameter of the machine is stricted so far as possible. A in'ished ameter implies an increased centrifugal iorce for a'given peripheral velocity-and thepot'atoes or other ve etables will thereforehave an increasedtenilency to ride up and fly out of the top of the container.

counteracted by giving the walls of the container an inward inclination toward the top. In smaller machines, however, this taper would have to be excessive and would in volve too great a diminution of the already restricted space. i I

inorder to prevent the potatoes from flying out I have deipserl the following means which permit constant inspection of the treated material and are adapted to producing the utmost convenience in the placing of the entire device with regard'to its surroundings. A. metal cover 32 fits upon the top of the cylindrical casing 1,-said cover being provided with radiallyplaced slits 33 of such a shape and size as to admit ample light for easy inspection of the interior, while preventing escape of any of the vegetables treated. ll'iachincs of this character are very often required to be placed in kitchens or like apartments which are already crowded and wherein the arrangement of the peeling apparatus with respect to the surrounding fixtures is often productive of inconvenience. In order to reduce this inconvenience, it is desirable to provide a form of cover which can be opened in any direction at will, so that an operative may have access to the machine from above on any side. For this purpose the cover 32 is provided with hingelugs 34 (see Fig. 5) whereby said cover is hinged to the two sides of the movable seat 35. This seat is provided with a downward extension 36, slotted to embrace the top of the casing 1 at any point in its circumference, and a set screw I57 passing through. said extension holds the seat firmly in place when adjustr-rd. By the use of this device, the hinge of the cover 32 may be given. any de sired position relative to the door 3. It is furthermore very desirable to so construct this device that there may be no obstruction to free and convenient access to the interior. For this purpose the necessary water supply is provided as follows: A water pipe 38 extends across the top of the container, which pipe is plugged at its end and perforated beow to allow escape water upon the vegetables. This pipe is carried by a freely adjustable seat which ea in be placed on or taken from the machine at will. I prefer the construction shown wherein the same removable In large .ina chines this tendency can be, successfully seat 35 carries both the cover 32 and the pipe I By use of this constructainer and starting the disk 9, the water being turned on at 40, the striated metal surfaces of the disk and container rub off the skins in the form of small particles, Which are carried away by the falllng Water into the bowl 5, whence they are discharged through the pipe 41.

What I claim is 1. In a peeling machine for vegetables the combination of a dontainer, a movable seat adjustably secured to the top edge of said container, a cover for said container hinged to said seat and a sprinkling ipe carried by said seat and projecting un' er said cover, substantially as described.

2. In a peeling machine for vegetables the combination of a container, a movable seat adjustably secured to the top edge of said container, a cover forsaid container hinged to said seat a sprinkling pipe passing through a cavity in said seat and means for securing said pipe in different positions in said substantially as described.

-3. In apeeling machine for vegetables the combination of a container, a movable seat adjustably secured to the upper edge of-said container a cover for said container hinged to said seat and having an opening extending ,container hinged to said seat and kllng pipe carried by said container cavity,

from near the center of the cover to a oint sprinkling pipe carried by said seat, substantlally as described.

5. In a peeling maghine for vegetables, the

combination of a container, a seat adjustably secured to said container, a cover for said a sprinand extending under said cover, substantially as described.

.6. In a peeling machine for vegetables, the combination of a container, a seat adjustably secured to said container. a cover having radial openings and hinger to said seat and a sprinkling pipe carried by said seat and passing through an appropriate opening in said cover, substantially as described.

HENRY ROBINSON.

W itnesses: HAROLD S. MAoKAYE, FLORENCE S. PICK. 

